The Ghulam surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 287 people carried this name — #68,547 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,000,000 people counted. That is up 90% from 151 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 55 people named Ghulam.
Most of them — 41 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 départements, most often Val-d’Oise.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
55 people named Ghulam live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 35 people named Ghulam live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
43 people named Ghulam is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Ghulam,
with a public archive behind them.
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Shamsu Ghulam 1945– · badminton player
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Nadia Ghulam 1985– · writer
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Sara Ghulam 1989– · model
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Kamran Ghulam 1995– · cricketer
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ghulam.
- Ghilardi 295 · U.S. census
- Ghio 381 · U.S. census
- Ghiotto 152 · U.S. census
- Ghirardi 185 · U.S. census
- Ghiringhelli 142 · U.S. census
- Ghiselli 162 · U.S. census
- Giacalone 1,654 · U.S. census
- Giachino 197 · U.S. census
- Giacobbi 227 · U.S. census
- Giacoletto 154 · U.S. census
- Giacomazzi 150 · U.S. census
- Giacomelli 410 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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